Garfield County a cooperating agency for BLM greenhouse gas study
Colorful Mt. Garfield and the Bookcliffs in western Colorado.
Garfield County will act as a cooperating agency with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on an upcoming Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) that covers both its Colorado River Valley Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office resource management plans. The BLM requested assistance from the county to better review alternatives to oil and gas development, and to assess the severity and impacts of greenhouse gas pollution in the area, according to a letter from Upper Colorado River District Manager Greg Larson. “This has to do with oil and gas leases and the fact that the courts required that the
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Stage 1 fire restrictions begin Friday, June 18, 2021
The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Garfield County, U.S. Forest Service lands in Garfield and the seven Fire Districts in Garfield County are implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 18, 2021. This applies to all of unincorporated Garfield County. This decision was made with thoughtful consideration. We look at the data as well as the potential for significant wildfires and balance it with the impacts to our community. Our concern: With the level of fire danger we are seeing, one spark could quickly spread into a dangerous wildfire threatening
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Garfield County assists BLM decision on sage-grouse
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO –The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released an approved record of decision (ROD) on amendments to its northwest Colorado greater sage-grouse resource management plan that reflect contributions from Garfield County. The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners, which has served primarily in a cooperating agency role, worked with the BLM in its multiple-use mission to evaluate the policies contained in the development of its 2015 resource management plan for the protection of the sage-grouse in northwest Colorado. The goal of the plan is to provide protections that ensure the species need not be listed under the
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